A Short Introduction to the Underlay  · Underlay

"...we propose the creation of an open, machine-readable collection of all public knowledge — including science, law, commerce, news — called the Underlay. The Underlay will gather knowledge currently used to produce publications, databases, and dynamically generated displays. It will make each associated assertion available in a machine-readable form that can be dynamically searched, vetted, and combined, based on its provenance. By connecting multiple sources together, each asserted claim can be analyzed for relevance and veracity, recombined and re-presented for different purposes. The Underlay will allow intelligent software to help people find what is relevant and judge what is true. ..."